Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-02
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aud the order Is at work in earnest
FLORIDA.

Hamilton Jay, ex-Postmaster Of jack
sonvile, is now editor of the Lake Region
at Eustis.
The suit against Lake City for damages
for breaking the glass Of J. Potsdanler
has been decided against him.
The contractors who graded the Florida
Railway and Navigation road are now
engaged on road out OF Mobile.
Reports that one or two steamboats, viii
20 from the st. John's river to run on the
! Gull coast this summer come from south
Florida.
At Melrose MAI. c. f. WiIlets is plant
| ing an elghty-aore field with Bermuda
grass, preparatory 10 going into the cattle
| business.
/ At Bombay the peach crop looks we'll,
and, with the exception Of slight injury
! 10 Irish potatoes, but little damage mas
| been done by the late lrOets.
The Bombay Manufacturing Company
/ talk Of moving their extensive works
! within the town limits. lhs Ia view OF
/ tue proposed railway TO Geneva.
! The dwelling house OF Mr.. Griffin, in
/ The suburbs OF Waldo, was blown down
| during tAe rain storm Sunday night, The
/ old geutl man fortunately escaped with
] out injury.
/ The new iron steamship Olyette, for II.
/ J.
/ ger carrying trade, is receiving ner en-
! gines at Cramps, Philadelphia, and Will
soon be ready Tor service.
Pierre LorIllard, who is largely inter-
G std in the Ocala, Silver Spring andGuu
! railroad, is said TO have taken u con-
siderable amount OF the paper Of the ST.
James Improvement Company at Pine
Island.
Several DeFuniak families who went
! through there on the excursion on Friday
last, being SO much pleased with the
country and surroundings, propose stay
/ ing at the new hotel for a lew months, AS
soon as the Assembly closes.
A shooting affair occurred near Matt
land Saturday which Will perhaps result
IN The de- ath Of George COnley. The diff
Guilty was between the Turner brothers
and the gentleman named, but further
particulars are unknown at this writing.
Gibson Douglas (colored), while labor
ing under fiat his nome at MelrOse, fell
lnJu an open fireplace, and there being no
one in the house, he lay there some time
q q was burned terribly about The face
and body. He fingered for TWO DAYS.
wnen death put stop TO ms agony ana
pans.
The yacht Daisy, Captain Baldwin, ar
rived at Tampa at noon Thursday from
Lake MinuetJnk9. The trip was made
without the aid OF compass or pilot.
/ TIE Captain claims wager of $4,000.
lie started IN september ana went over
the tails. The Captains wife aud son are
aboard.
\ visit to the groves opposite Palatka
shows that large crop OF tue young
fruit is now on the trees, and II it does
not fall off in considerable quantities the
trees will be tested to their utmost 10
bear up the heavy crop of lruit The trees
have put on a tine growth too, and never
looked better than now.
There are about 1000 boxes OF oranges
! per week now being shipped from the
| State through the Florida Fruit EX-
| change. The prices range in New York
and Boston from 81 to 81 IS. The crop is
estimated by the Exchange to have reach
ell l 100000 boxes, which does not ind
cafe that all the trees were killed by the
cold OF January, 1886.
An enormous sbaddock, which meas.
ured twenty-lour inches in circumference
one way and twenty inches ianother,
0rnamented the office of the Putnam
house at Palatka Wednesday, its gOlden
sides shining as beamingiy on the curious
as Air. " ardeu's smile when he assured
! quesuoners that it came from the famous
My Grove" on the Halifax.
Early last Saturday morning James
reJt, and ais wife, very thrifty colored
| people Of Monticello, left there with IA
team for the head OF the Wacissa river,
for the purpose OF carrying home the
camp fixtures, etc, belonging to party of
tishelmen who left there on the previous
Monday. He safely made the "trip, but on
his return met Il frigntful death at his
own hands by The accidental discharge OF
his gun.
| Palatka this season al beautiful and
greatly admired widow from the tar
West. Her appearance on the street
causes ilutttr among the hearts of the
| opposite sex that come in contact with
her charming face. Her beauty is not
only confined TO the face and form Irvine,
but the report is out that there is millions
In 1t. She has already had no less than
half dozen proposals, one OF which
was made While taking a sail on
the river. The hand WAS refused. The
young man became desperate, and as
usual threatened suicid-. lie was ad-
yIsed 30, but dad not. He then pleaded
tor all he was worth, but no 90. If this
chacmer remains in our midst another
fortnight we fear that come rIble
calamity Will betall the pretended heart
broken, love-sick young yellow. BE calm
90 Glow, young fellow, and remember
there's Just as good tiSh IN the sea- etc"
TIE same widow Was in this civ, aud is
reported to have completely fascinated
certain married merchant whose wife
only succeeded in breaking up the in
tatuation by threatening TO bring suit for
ivorce.
Pensacola Commercial: Visiting J. b.
ROOers. the CITY Marshal. is Parmar
Roberts, his halt-brother, from Baldwin
county. Ala. The visitor IL as deaf as a
post. Yet bis sense OF touch is so line that,
Tor the detect in hearing. he Is almost
compensated thereby. lie works for Geo.
w. Robinson. the lumber manufacturer
Al Millview, getting out logs, and he is a
competent judge Of Il trees fitness Tor
cutting; this accomplishment is the more
marvellous when IL Is remembered that
sue suitability Of log IS aocartaincd by
the sound emitted by striking il. and, as
he cannot near the loudest sound, not
even the report Of u cannon were II tired
oil at ls ear, the keen sensihlty OF his
touch may Ne adequately ijdssd. He
VIII 90 iuIO field and invariably select
the rlpest melon bY humping it, his
touch neyer being at l8uit. His t0ucn IS
not so delicate, however, in another direo.
lion, AS the following Will attest: He
came TO Pensacola this Time via Mobile.
Walking up the street in the latter city,
he was taken hold Of bya negro, who poe.
sibly had addressed him poaceabiy. but
Mr.. Roberts, thinking no had been as.